Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

General references

Bible References

I will

Psalm 49:4
I turn my ear to a proverb;
I explain my riddle with a lyre.
Matthew 13:13
For this reason I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.

Dark sayings

Proverbs 1:6
for understanding a proverb or a parable,
the words of the wise, and their riddles.
Matthew 13:11
He answered them, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.
Mark 4:34
And He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, He would explain everything to His own disciples.

General references

Matthew 5:2
Then He began to teach them, saying:
Mark 4:22
For nothing is concealed except to be revealed, and nothing hidden except to come to light.

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